I am a music specialist and the music I write is original, tested on children and for the less confident teacher. My aim is to provide you with everything you need to fulfil Topic requirements and those of the National Curriculum (without having to prepare anything.) I provide Power Points/videos and give you mp3s and lyrics. Notation is sometimes given. The instrumental parts are dead easy!
I am a music specialist and the music I write is original, tested on children and for the less confident teacher. My aim is to provide you with everything you need to fulfil Topic requirements and those of the National Curriculum (without having to prepare anything.) I provide Power Points/videos and give you mp3s and lyrics. Notation is sometimes given. The instrumental parts are dead easy!
The song Jingle Bells for non specialists and specialists . Key stage 1 and 2
• play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
• listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
• use and understand staff and other musical notations
• develop an understanding of the history of music. ( See the last part of the video)
Differentiation -
1 Use the video as a song only
2 Use only the first few bars of the accompaniment
3 Add 4 note accompaniment in chorus
4 Add more notes in the verse
The Halloween Party. Song with percussion parts. Non-specialist and specialist.
This easy to learn song has a catchy chorus and is a lovely activity to use at the end of your Halloween day or it can be used over a few weeks to teach simple percussion parts. The percussion parts are graded in difficulty so there is something for everyone. In the teaching guide, there are audio examples of the percussion to help children play” by ear”. Opportunities for movement.
1. An animated video of the song
2.A teaching guide to the percussion parts with audio PPT
3. Separate lyrics
4. Notation – lead line -guitar-
5. Notation for the percussion
6. Notation for the xylophone
7.Notation – lead line -guitar- Sibelius
8. Notation for the percussion Sibelius
9. Notation for the xylophone Sibelius
10. Halloween song vocals MP3
11. Halloween backing and percussion
12. Halloween lead line and piano
13. Index to resources
A folk version of the Christmas song. There are PowerPoints to facilitate the learning of simple percussion parts. There are questions to develop listening skills and note reading. You can either perform the song in unison or play an accompaniment. This can be extended to a simple harmony and a counter melody.
Resources include.
1. PPT Introduction – history of the song
2. PPT of the completed song
3. PPT teaching the accompaniments of the song with sound bytes.
4. Lyrics of the song
5. Video of the song
6. Mp3 vocals of the song
7. Mp3 backing with counter melody
8. Mp3 backing without percussion instruments
9. Notation melody
10. Notation chime bars
11. Notation counter melody
Mu2/1.1 play and perform in solo and ensemble contexts, using their voices and playing musical instruments with increasing accuracy, fluency, control and expression
Mu2/1.3 listen with attention to detail and recall sounds with increasing aural memory
Mu2/1.4 use and understand staff and other musical notations
Mu2/1.6 develop an understanding of the history of music.
A collection of songs in video and PPT with additional art and percussion opportunities. The songs are inspired by a love of books, especially those of Oliver Jeffers.
Suitable Ages 6-8
When trimmed and pasted into an A4 book, these worksheets provide an effective topic end of year display. Preparation is minimal. The research section even has its own booklet with original ideas and reasons to do the research. The RE section covers why we celebrate the harvest of the sunflowers, whilst the geography section looks at Europe and the continents with a view to garnering the children's knowledge of holidays etc to discover where sunflowers are grown.
Suitable Age 6-8
These creative worksheets and ideas when trimmed along the guide lines and pasted, make an attractive topic book. Preparation is minimal and yet the results are effective. The Observational aspect requires that a sunflower has been planted.
1.This song tells the story of a family waiting for the birth of a new baby. The old pram is scrubbed, the walls are painted and there is an air of expectancy.
2.There is a PowerPoint to explain how to play a simple accompaniment in the chorus . This develops into simple explanations of the notes and the stave with suitable activities.
3. A PowerPoint promoting simple maths activities based on the advent calendar with templates of the calendar for exploratory work.
4. Suggestions for drama and drawing with RE being implicit.
Suitable ages 6 to 8
When trimmed and pasted into an A4 book, these worksheets create an effective and colourful display.
The poetry is humorous and engaging. The literacy is mainly for the spring to coincide with the seed sowing. The shape and symmetry are colourful . The data is best done in the Autumn term but some sheets can be done at any time
Differentiation is there whenever possible.
4 songs with ideas for your creative curriculum
Ladybird ladybird fly away home
The spider's song - A musical story
Going to see some bug- A song
A bug fell in a jug - A song
Songs to celebrate special days
St Georges Day
Mothers day with optional percussion
Valentines day - My secret Valentine-optional percussion
National Anthem - optional ocarina part
1 Pancake day
2 Valentines day.- The Fussy Valentine. Optional percussion parts
3.Song for the Chinese New Year - Optional percussion parts. percussion parts
4. The Halloween party with percussion parts
A collection of new and old songs for Christmas
1. Mary had a baby
2. Celebrate
3. Santa's fallen off his sleigh
4. We wish you a merry Christmas
5. Hey Father Christmas
6. Mary and the angel.A new carol
Many of the songs have accompaniments for the children to play. All have video.
A useful assembly for Spring, summer and especially Harvest. Can lead to discussions on life and death.
The Sunflowers. A mini musical following the life cycle of sunflowers from sowing to harvest. The sunflowers have their own unique personalities
The resources contains
1. Song sheet.
2. Script (easy costume)
3. 4 self-running PowerPoints with inbuilt sound.
4. 4 vocal tracks Mp3.
5. 4 backing tracks.
6 .Piano score
7. No license needed.
Red Riding Hood
Jack and the beanstalk
Goldilocks and the three bears and percussion
The enormous turnip
The three little pigs and percussion
The gingerbread man
This musical has every single resource you might need apart from children and instruments! It tells the story of a discontented King who banned Christmas, sacked his servants and set sail for foreign countries. The more he saw, the more discontented he became. He was shipwrecked and gradually became aware that he wanted to go home . He escaped and returned with a Christmas tree and love in his heart. Included in the pack
1. All the lyrics and inbuilt sound on PowerPoint
2. A performance PowerPoint presentation with sound effects, scenery and backing tracks incorporated
3. A script, lyrics and index
4. All vocals and backing tracks on mp 3 should you prefer to use them away from PowerPoint
5. Differentiated music and mp3s for 2 instrumentals.(Can be missed out)
6. Mp 3s for 3 dances
7 chords and lyrics
To view a song from the musical please go to https://youtu.be/MSUE2AqO4Qo
Suitable Ages 6 to 8
All the resources have been written to engage the child on an imaginative, creative and scientific approach to learning. The finished work can be trimmed along the guidelines and be pasted in an A4 booklet with the minimum of fuss. The Power Points are in A4 size and can be printed out for the worksheets.
To get the best from the resources, it is hoped that it would all start with the planting of a sunflower. This is echoed in the little musical which follows a class as it sows the seed. (Words etc. are already on a PowerPoint and no specialist knowledge is necessary)
The observation section is for each season. RE and data is for Autumn. Literacy for Spring. The rest of the sheets can be done in any order.
